THE TUITION FEE FREEZE – TOO LITTLE TOO LATE

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged access, austerity, Brexit, child poverty, conservative party, conservative party conference, conservatives, elections, false promises, fox hunting, Free Education, government, help to buy, jeremy corbyn, Labour, less well off, living standards, migration, older people, patronising, politics, prime minister, privatisation, property ladder, repayment threshold, snap election, student debt, student loans, student welfare, students, theresa may, tuition fee freeze, tuition fee rises, tuition fees, voters, voting, young people.

As the country continues to languish in the grasp of a Conservative government, and the shadows of brexit and the snap election continue to lengthen, many are left questioning the political standing of this country’s future. This year’s extraordinary general election has made many people feel alienated from their government, especially among the younger generation. Hardly surprising, as the ultimate outcome reflected the voting preferences of their elders, with 58% of 60-69 yr old’s voting conservative while 62% of 20-24 year olds voted labour.

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REVIEW: TWO LITTLE DUCKS EDINBURGH FRINGE PREVIEW

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged anti-establishment, bbc, Birds of Hell, border control, Brexit, Calais, child abuse, Edinburgh Fringe, environment, EU referendum, future generations, government, guilt, history, individualism, internationalism, Leave Campaign, Lewis Buxton, Matt Abbott, Michelle Fisher, norwich, Norwich Arts Centre, nostalgia, older people, performance, performance poetry, Pete Murdoch, poetry, politics, Radio 1xtra, refugee crisis, refugees, review, spoken word, The Roundhouse, tradition, TS Eliot, Two Little Ducks, violence, volunteering, Words First.

CW: Mentions violence against children

More than any other art form, spoken word performance art allows an audience to directly interact with the thoughts of the artist. This kind of interaction can often change minds more effectively than argument or statistic, making spoken word art a very progressive medium. As a spoken word enthusiast and an artist on a student budget, I was therefore excited to attend Matt Abbott’s pay-what-you-can preview of his Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Two Little Ducks’ at the Norwich Arts Centre recently. And my excitement was certainly justified – Two Little Ducks is a powerfully thought-provoking, politically driven work.

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